Comments on: Ignorance and amnesia – a deadly combination

By: Lynne Newington

Lynne Newington — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 02:54:02 +0000

I often wonder what will happen when true and tried Jewish authors die their books lay gathering dust and the white washing of history takes over.
Christian Churchs have bible studies sometimes in their homes to keep the good book and history alive including the Jehovahs Witnesses……….

By: Liat Kirby-Nagar

Liat Kirby-Nagar — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 09:35:14 +0000

It’s of crucial importance for all people to have full knowledge of the Holocaust, not only Jewish people. And that knowledge should be learned in such a way that it is felt so that all are aware of the immensity and vulnerability of life, and know the appalling thoughts and acts that were committed on Jews because they were Jews, with the intent of final obliteration of a people in mind. Committed by a people who considered themselves highly developed in all ways.

I was asked to supply for ‘Pilot – a Diary for Writers, 2017’ a brief comment on the book that changed my life. My response was: ‘At eighteen I read ‘The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich’ by William L. Shirer and was left with the shocked recognition of the value of a human life and its terrible vulnerability. Of, in this case, the meticulously planned barbarity of man. This monumental book changed my way of being in the world.’

That is what is needed, the kind of learning of the Holocaust that changes one’s way of being in the world. It’s then that the gross ignorance displayed by Sean Spicer would not be possible.

By: Monty Pogo0da

Monty Pogo0da — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 14:25:27 +0000

Anti Semitism Comes from above. While non Jews will forget the Shoah,we will constantly be reminded.

By: Erin Eldridge

Erin Eldridge — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 08:09:35 +0000

Let’s not forget that many schools won’t teach Holocaust education now for fear of “upsetting” muslim students.

By: Roger Ellison

Roger Ellison — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 06:52:47 +0000

Yes the comments of Sean Spicer must stem from an ignorance of Holocaust history. It would be very good if American schools (and others worldwide) could include visits to Holocaust museums (if locally available) in their curricula. I know that my old home town of Durban hosts many school groups in their Holocaust museum.